IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma’s MISSION MELBOURNE – India might have wrapped up their third consecutive series win with a clean sweep. After India’s disastrous show in the T20 World Cup, new skipper Rohit Sharma is thinking ahead and has his target set on MISSION MELBOURNE. On Sunday, India thrashed Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to equal Afghanistan’s 12 consecutive T20I win record. Rohit said the positive was testing the bench strength. Follow India vs Sri Lanka Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
India captured the final T20I match by six wickets. For hosts, Shreyas Iyer starred with an unbeaten 73* as the Men in Blue chased the target of 146 within 16.5 overs.
“It’s a pattern of everything that comes together. We played very well. Lot of positives came out from the series. Want to understand what kind of bench strength we have. Good to give opportunities to those guys,” Rohit Sharma said in the post-match presentation.
IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma stresses on MISSION MELBOURNE after third straight series win, says ‘Want to understand what kind of bench strength we have’
CHAMPIONS #TeamIndia 🎉@Paytm #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/Zkmho1SJVG
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2022
IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma stresses on MISSION MELBOURNE after third straight series win, says ‘Want to understand what kind of bench strength we have’
With regular players like Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur all rested, besides KL Rahul missing out with injury, India got to test the bench strength. The likes of Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Harshal Patel and Avesh Khan came to the fore during the series. Sanju Samson too made good use of his opportunity.
Rohit Sharma said it was important to back the guys and not let them worry about their positions in the team while also plugging in gaps ahead of the T20 World Cup.
IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma stresses on MISSION MELBOURNE after third straight series win, says ‘Want to understand what kind of bench strength we have’
That’s that from the final T20I.#TeamIndia win by 6 wickets to complete a clean sweep 3-0 against Sri Lanka.
Scorecard – https://t.co/gD2UmwjsDF #INDvSL @Paytm pic.twitter.com/er1AQY6FmL
— BCCI (@BCCI) February 27, 2022
IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma stresses on MISSION MELBOURNE after third straight series win, says ‘Want to understand what kind of bench strength we have’
“Important to tell guys not to worry about your positions in the team. Want to fill whatever gaps we have. Keeping that in mind we want to move forward. Going to be a big challenge but always nice to have guys in form (whom to pick). Once we reach Mohali we’ll start thinking about the Tests,” he added.
Earlier, Indian bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to the score of 146/5 in the 20 overs. For Sri Lanka, Dasun Shanaka again played a captain inning of 74* and took visitors to a respectable total while Dinesh Chandimal scored 25. Avesh Khan scalped two wickets, while Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, and Ravi Bishnoi grabbed one apiece.
India never found themselves in trouble while chasing the underwhelming target of 146. Shreyas trumped the chase with 73* off 45 balls – his third successive half-century. Hosts dominated from the word go and chased down the target with six wickets and 19 balls to spare.
IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma stresses on MISSION MELBOURNE after third straight series win, says ‘Want to understand what kind of bench strength we have’
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